During the summer of 1861, America was a nation in shambles. The election of Abraham Lincoln the year prior consequently resulted in a...

Widely regarded as one of America's most prolific writers, Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer of Romanticism and Gothic literature. His...

Beneath the farmlands and mountain ranges of Page County, Virginia, lies Luray Caverns--a sprawling network of underground caves and...

The Signal Knob Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back path that runs outside of Front Royal, Virginia, in the George Washington National...

By the dawn's early light, I traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to visit Fort McHenry--Francis Scott Key's inspiration to write "The...

Yesterday, despite the bitter cold and howling winds, I decided to venture out and hike along the Appalachian Trail from Dahlgren Chapel...

This article is very near and dear to my heart. I called Williamsburg, Virginia, home for three years as an undergraduate at the College...

Smith's Fort Plantation is a small historic attraction in Surry, Virginia that was the site of an English fortification dated 1609 and...

The Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) is a 45-mile paved rail trail that runs from Shirlington, VA to Purcellville, VA. The path follows...

I've always had a knack for exploration, even when I was a little kid. About seven years ago, I was walking along a creek bed in the...